Slayers: Volume 17

スレイヤーズ [Slayers] #17

by Hajime Kanzaka, Rui Araizumi (Illustrator), Elizabeth Ellis (Translator)

Everyone wants to visit home once in a while, right? Even me, the brave and beautiful sorcerer Lina Inverse! Thus my trusty (if dimwitted) traveling companion and I set off on a meandering journey toward my hometown... Welp, I don’t have to tell you it all goes horribly wrong, do I? Pretty soon, we’re forced to make the best of ending up somewhere that is decidedly NOT our intended destination. It’d be one thing if we merely needed to get ourselves back on track, but—no surprise—everyone in this new locale wants a piece of little ol’ me. So, yeah, we’re kinda sorta on the run now...

Genres: Light Novel

175 pages, ebook

First published October 19, 2019

About the author

Hajime Kanzaka (神坂一) is a Japanese novelist and manga writer.

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch)]

4.75/5
A fun beginning to a new story, I just wish I knew when the next volume would be coming out.

[Frrobins]

A good start to the third arc with a new adventure, new worlds to explore, and plenty to keep the Gourrina fans happy.

[Kat]

I vaguely recall watching one of the later (anime) series where the barrier went down and they went exploring outside of the barrier, whereas now on this new book (new canon?) it’s, they’ve been transported out of the barrier and have to find a way back home.

It was fun enough, but it’s sort of lost its original glamour…? It’s like.. the whole book is just arguing with itself on semantics. Or maybe it’s just me.

[Marc Tinent]

Arranca bien, parece que va a darle la vuelta a varios clichés de la colección (Lina y Gourry llegando a un pueblo, se les cruza un mazoku que les tiene ojeriza y tienen que ir escapando mientras van peleando con él), pero al final cae en la misma estructura de siempre. Es un punto de partida para una saga, no tanto un libro como tal. Se siente como un prólogo. Que Lina y Gourry visiten fuera de las fronteras por primera vez en las novelas y que los dragon lords entre en juego mola.